Buddhism
rests on two main principles, principle
of continuity of flux and principle
of dependence of mass and energy.
Principle of continuity of flux is closely related to explanation of
the flow of energy. Namely, we are made of cells (which in turn are made of
molecules and atoms), physical and emotional sensations, conceptualizations,
ideas, beliefs, consciousness and all of them collaborate together and create
distinctive illusion of permanent “Me” or ego. Buddha states:” Every moment you
are born, you decay and die”. The meaning of this statement is that “Me” is
continually changing and renewing it. Nothing is carried from one moment to the
next and consequently nothing is carried from one life to the next. As a matter
of fact, the concept of discrete endlessly small moments takes over in this explanation.
These extremely tiny moments connected in a series creates continuous fabric of
time and in every tiny moment illusional “me” is being changed.
The
explanation follows using the principle
of dependence of mass and energy. (E=MC² -where E is energy, M is mass, C
is a constant, velocity of light. This is Einstein’s general theory of
relativity).Namely, there is constant conversion from mass into energy and vice
versa. When a star explodes it loses its mass and creates enormous energy. When
an electron and a positron (electron orbits around the nucleus in an atom and
positron is electron’s counterpart in the antimatter) collide they disappear
and create photons i.e. energy. In nuclear fusion when two Hydrogen atoms
collide they create an atom of Helium and the latter has a mass which is not
just a simple sum of the two hydrogen atoms. Helium atom has a mass which is
slightly smaller than the sum of hydrogen atoms and the difference of the mass
is actually converted into energy. Similarly, when we get old and when our body
cannot function(in grave) any longer our body decays it loses mass, as a result
energies are created, they regroup, they take another shape i.e. these energies
create new material life with a new mass. All these new energies have the
information about every detail that deceased person had had just before he died.
This means that these energies possess the unique code for the deceased person
and this code comprises every single detail about the person starting from his
unique DNA and every piece of information or knowledge that he had in his mind.
These energies are actually a carrier of information of the existence of something
or someone. All these energies can split, bind, group, regroup, interact with
each other, interweave and when certain conditions are met a new entity can be
created.
Generally, we can see everything in the universe
(people, bacteria, planets, stars, germs, waves and literally everything else)
as a patches of energies, some denser than the others, and those denser are
either new entities created (organic or inorganic) or new potential entities
about to be created (a star forms when a dense energy, such as star dust, goes
denser and denser by means of gravity and eventually forms a star). Among these
patches of energy there is energy as well, flowing everywhere around, randomly
“checking” whether some other energy will be a perfect match, whether some
loose links can be established between them which can later grow stronger and whether
this alliance can become functional, affecting and influential entity. Stars,
comets, planets, flying objects can be created in this way, as well as
molecules, cells, tissues.
Do we die? Does “we” exist? Is “me” an
illusion? Every extremely tiny moment we are changing, there is an illusion of
every new “me” in every new endlessly small moment. When our material body
cease to function and decays it does not mean that “we” have died(it means that
the functional energy loses its “lively” properties) and when a baby or an
insect or a planet is born it does not mean that “another” life is created. All
the energy is mutual, it belongs to the universe, it belongs to all of us, it
flows and changes continuously, it splits, it connects if favorable conditions
are met, it disconnects if favorable conditions are met as well, it is not
happy if it connects and creates something new and fresh, it does not despair
if it disconnects and some organic or inorganic formation ceases to exist.
Everything is normal, everything is fine, everything is worth admiring;
everything makes our jaw drops when we realize that we are not “we”, that there
is no “me”, that we all are just a part of something larger, more complex.
***All the stuff presented above are related to our 3-dimensional world, which is our own Reality, different than other Reality which I have already elaborated at the following page here
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Do you love
jokes? If yes, I will tell you one! If not, skip it, as it is black a bit!
“A father
tomato, a mother tomato and a baby tomato are walking down the street. A baby
tomato is lagging behind. A father tomato turns back, squashes a baby tomato
and says: “Catch-up!””
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